Corruption
Corruption is a system that starts out good but somehow goes wrong. The word comes from a Latin word meaning "Rotting". Corruption could be a government doing what they say is good, but instead oppress people, or an official doing something wrong. A text that is miscopied, or computer file or computer program which malfunctions or becomes infected with a computer virus, may be called "corrupt". It may also mean an abuse of power, usually for a personal benefit.
Sometimes the term just means bribery.
Corruption Media
In the Renaissance fresco The Good and the Bad Judge (Monsaraz, Portugal), the Bad Judge, depicted as having two faces, is shown taking bribes: the nobleman to the right offers him gold coins from a purse, and the villein to the left gives him a pair of partridges.
The Kaunas "Golden Toilet"
A 1902 cartoon depicts a police officer whose eyes are covered with a cloth labelled "bribes".
Petrobras headquarters in downtown Rio de Janeiro
An election leaflet with money stapled to it
Euro bank notes hidden in sleeve.
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